1955–56 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan
Season	1955–56
Champions	IFK Norrköping
Relegated	Norrby IF; Degerfors IF
Top goalscorer	Sylve Bengtsson, Halmstads BK (22)
Average attendance	12,207
	← 1954–55 1956–57 →

Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1955/1956.

Overview

The league was contested by 12 teams, with IFK Norrköping winning the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	IFK Norrköping (C)	22	16	3	3	46	20	+26	35	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Malmö FF	22	14	4	4	60	26	+34	32
3	Djurgårdens IF	22	12	3	7	49	38	+11	27
4	Sandvikens IF	22	11	2	9	49	33	+16	24
5	AIK	22	11	2	9	53	42	+11	24
6	IFK Göteborg	22	10	3	9	30	35	−5	23
7	Halmstads BK	22	9	4	9	43	45	−2	22
8	Hälsingborgs IF	22	9	1	12	32	31	+1	19
9	Hammarby IF	22	8	3	11	25	35	−10	19
10	Västerås SK	22	6	3	13	30	67	−37	15
11	Norrby IF (R)	22	3	6	13	30	52	−22	12	Relegation to Division 2
12	Degerfors IF (R)	22	3	6	13	24	47	−23	12	Relegation to Division 2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Home \ Away	AIK	DEG	DJU	HBK	HAIF	HÄIF	IFKG	IFKN	MFF	NIF	SIF	VSK
AIK		3–2	3–1	4–1	6–1	1–0	4–0	1–2	0–0	5–3	2–2	5–0
Degerfors IF	3–0		1–3	4–4	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–2
Djurgårdens IF	2–1	4–1		2–0	4–1	5–0	1–2	3–0	0–4	1–0	1–4	4–2
Halmstads BK	4–3	1–0	3–2		2–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–4	4–1	4–2	1–3
Hammarby IF	0–2	3–0	2–1	0–0		1–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–0
Hälsingborgs IF	3–0	1–2	1–2	3–0	0–1		1–2	0–3	4–1	2–3	3–2	1–0
IFK Göteborg	2–5	1–0	5–2	0–1	2–0	0–0		1–0	1–1	1–0	4–2	2–3
IFK Norrköping	4–0	2–1	1–1	4–1	4–1	2–0	3–0		2–1	3–2	2–0	2–0
Malmö FF	4–2	6–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	0–3	5–0	5–2		5–1	2–0	7–0
Norrby IF	2–5	0–0	2–3	5–2	2–2	1–2	0–4	0–0	0–0		0–2	1–3
Sandvikens IF	4–0	7–0	0–2	4–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–3	2–0	4–2		4–2
Västerås SK	2–1	1–1	4–4	0–9	0–2	1–6	2–1	1–4	1–5	2–2	1–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Group stage) Mitropa Cup